[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden congratulated the class of the 45th Kennedy Center Honors Sunday evening, welcoming them to the White House ahead of the star-studded event celebrating the American arts. “Tonight, we celebrate a truly exceptional, and this is not exaggeration, a truly …
Read More »Hakeem Jeffries plots return to majority for House Democrats in 2024
[ad_1] CNN — Some things have changed in the two weeks since Hakeem Jeffries learned – from listening to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s speech, sitting motionless with an intentional blank expression on his face for those who were watching – that she really was going to step aside. His phone …
Read More »Democrats vote to move forward with Biden plan to put South Carolina first on 2024 primary calendar
[ad_1] CNN — The rule-making arm of the Democratic National Committee on Friday voted to approve a proposal to drastically reshape the 2024 presidential nominating calendar and make South Carolina the first state to hold a primary, followed by Nevada and New Hampshire on the same day a few days …
Read More »Biden administration will end monkeypox public health emergency
[ad_1] People line up to get a monkeypox vaccination at a new walk-up monkeypox vaccination site at Barnsdall Art Park on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022 in Hollywood, CA. Brian Van Der Brug | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Biden administration will end the public health emergency declared in …
Read More »Biden condemns antisemitism after Ye praises Hitler post-Trump dinner
[ad_1] President Joe Biden denounced antisemitism and took a veiled jab at Donald Trump days after the former president dined with rapper Ye, who has made a string of recent antisemitic comments, and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. “I just want to make a few things clear,” Biden posted Friday on …
Read More »Senate passes rail labor agreement ahead of strike, sends to Biden
[ad_1] An aerial view of shipping containers and freight railway trains at the BNSF Los Angeles Intermodal Facility rail yard in Los Angeles, California, September 15, 2022. Bing Guan | Reuters The Senate passed legislation that would force a tentative rail labor agreement and thwart a national strike. A separate …
Read More »Emmanuel Macron heads to the White House for first state visit of the Biden administration
[ad_1] CNN — US President Joe Biden will spend Thursday taking part in a flurry of events as part of his first state visit since taking office, welcoming the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron and his spouse, Brigitte Macron. The Macrons’ trip to the White House marks their second …
Read More »Student loan forgiveness: Biden administration dealt another setback in court in effort to revive student loan debt relief policy
[ad_1] CNN — A second federal appeals court has rejected a Biden administration bid to put on hold a ruling blocking the President’s student debt relief policy. The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday night that it would not pause a ruling from a Texas judge striking down …
Read More »House approves tentative labor deal, sends to Senate
[ad_1] A rail employee works a Union Pacific Intermodal Terminal rail yard on November 21, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The House passed legislation Wednesday that would force a tentative rail labor agreement and thwart a national strike. The bill now goes to the Senate, …
Read More »Biden ‘confident’ rail strike will be avoided after meeting with congressional leaders
[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he is “confident” a rail strike will be avoided while meeting with the top four congressional leaders, adding that Congress “has to act to prevent” a rail strike. “I asked the four top leaders in Congress to ask whether they’d be willing …
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